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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2003
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Karl H. Mauritz, Chandler, AZ (US);
David W. Frame, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01P 3/08 ; H01P 5/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01P 3/08 ; H01P 5/00 ;
Abstract
A signal transmission unit includes a first transmission line, a second transmission line, and a tapered transmission line coupling the first transmission line to the second transmission line. The tapered transmission line has a width and a length and the width changes along the length according to one or more functions. The one or more functions include but are not limited to linear functions, non-linear functions, hyperbolic functions, and exponential functions.